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G. M. CRANDALL JACK STRAWS.

Patented'Feb. 28,1882.

WITNESQES INVENTOR w lc/b m zomocaa W ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

CHARLES M. CRANDALL, OF MON TROSE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNO R TO THE C. M.ORANDALL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

JACK-STRAWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,430, dated February28, 1882,

Application filed January 9, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. CRANDALL,

of Montrose, Susquehanna county, State of- Pennsylvania, haveinventedanew and useful Improvement in J ack-Straws; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear,

sists in jack-straws with the letters of the alphabet stamped orotherwise affixed to them.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings,Figures 1 and 2 are frontelevations of jackstraws; Fig.3, an edge view; Fig. 4, a side view ofbook.

Similarletters ofreferenre indicate like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to the 01d and wellknown game of jack straws,upon which it is believed to be an improvement.

Theold game of jack-straws is won by the player who shall simply acquirethe greatest number of straws; but in my improved straws each one of thestraws has impressed on it or otherwise affixed to it one or moreletters of the alphabet, and the game is won by the player who shall beable to spell with his straws the greatest number of proper Englishwords. By this arrangement and construction it will be seen thatalthough a player may have the greatest number of straws it might happenthat the letters would be of such a character as would prevent him fromspelling out as many words as the player'who hadfewer straws but abetmay have, will be the winner, in this way 5 teaching the player howto add; or the straws may have a combination of letters and number s,thereby teaching the players to both spell and add. Forthis purpose mystraws are made of any desirablematerial and of any convenient size. Atone end, or at both ends, or in the center of each straw, is provided anenlarged surface, A, onto which is affixed the letter or letters ornumbers, either on one side or both sides. The letters may be all of onecolor or of various colors. With the straws in this way made they aredropped onto the table, so that they will be well mixed together, andwith the hooks B each straw lifted from its fellowsunder suchrestrictions as to shaking the others as may be imposed.

Having now described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As a newarticleof manufacturejack-straws providedwith letters ornumbers, or both, as and for the purpose described.

CHAS. M. ORANDALL.

Witnesses:

WM. L. 00X, J. H. WILLIAMS.

